Are Intrepid Travel Premium Tours Worth It? My Honest Opinion
The older I get, the more I'm willing to pay a bit more for things like comfort, convenience, and really unique experiences when I...
DOs and DON’Ts for Your First Trip to Europe: 18 Helpful Europe Travel Tips
“Europe” is a big place; an entire continent made up of 50 different countries, each with their own languages, cultures, and history. So to...
Is Paddock Club Worth It at a Formula 1 Race? An F1 Paddock Club Review
The Paddock Club is a premium VIP experience available at all Formula 1 races. After experiencing the Paddock Club for myself at the US...
20 Must-Have Travel Apps to Download Before Your Next Trip
As a frequent traveler, people ask me all the time how I do things like keep track of my travel itinerary, check exchange rates,...
10 Tips for How to Pack Carry On Only for Your Next Trip
I'll admit it: I used to be a chronic over-packer. No matter how hard I tried, I could just never limit myself to just...
New Year, New Travels: 10 Travel Resolutions You Can Actually Keep
It's that time again… the beginning of a new year, when we're supposed to be setting goals and making resolutions for the Year to...
10 Tips to Help You Plan a Successful Workation
The last year has brought about a remote work revolution. It's a shift that's long been predicted (I talked about it years ago when...
12 Travel-Related Things You Can Do at Home When You Can’t Travel
Whether it's due to limited vacation time, running low on disposable income, or maybe even a global pandemic forcing us all indoors (never thought...
7 Ways You Can Help Combat Climate Change as a Traveler
You might assume that “travel” and “combat climate change” are phrases that inherently just don't go together. After all, travel (and especially air travel)...
How to Plan a Weekend Away That Actually Feels Like a Vacation
It's a common misconception about travel: that, in order for it to “really be travel,” you have to spend tons of money and go...
How to Plan the Perfect Long Weekend Trip
I've written before about an epidemic that plagues many American workers: the fact that many of us leave vacation days on the table every...
How to Keep Your Money and Valuables Safe While Traveling
I got an email last week from a blog reader: a more mature American woman who was considering booking a solo adventure, but who...
The Best Ways to Stay Connected on Your Travels
Travel has changed a lot in the last few years thanks largely to technology. At least once a month now, I take a step...
10 Tips for How to Travel More with Limited Vacation Time
Here's a pretty staggering statistic for you: In 2018, Americans left 768 million vacation days unused. That's 768 MILLION days that Americans could have...
How to Plan a Travel-Themed Wedding That Doesn’t Suck
I'm not exaggerating at all when I tell you that when I got engaged at the end of 2016, I literally had no clue...
Easy Ways to Use Less Plastic on Your Travels
I've written before about sustainable travel and why it's important to start thinking more seriously about how we affect the world as we roam....
Be Kind to Our Planet When Traveling: Is It Too Much to Ask?
I've written before about sustainable tourism and why we should care about traveling more responsibly. But I realize that it's one thing to read...